Mai Casuela

Building a SMS fraud checker

Last April 2025, I had the opportunity to present an AI-powered SMS fraud checker at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for the Youth Financial Inclusion hackathon. To be honest, this project actually underwent a lot of changes and was originally supposed to be a submission for Apart Research's

Case Study: Amazon’s Product Development Process

How Amazon Came to Be Amazon began as an online bookstore in 1995, where the website found itself hosting over a million titles and served customers from 45 countries (Amazon, 1995). Today, Amazon has evolved to offering more than an online book marketplace and has expanded to different segments: North

Gotta Scam ‘em All - An AI Risk Demonstration

Overview This application is a demonstration of how large language models can assist in persuasive tactics to gain payment or bank details. This application is particularly targeted to children or impressionable teens who might be persuaded to give or transfer money to LLM chatbots that are roleplaying as their favorite

Setting up Minikube to simulate your own Kubernetes cluster locally

Rationale Minikube is a good way to learn Kubernetes using your local machine. Most of the time, you only have to learn Kubernetes when you’re working on large-scale projects that requires more complex deployment strategies. In this guide, I’ll walk you through on how to set up Minikube

Case Study: Geely’s Acquisition of Volvo

On Building a Reputation Geely is a Chinese automobile carmaker that first began as a manufacturer of appliances. The firm entered the market as China was on the lookout to promote domestic auto manufacturing. The aim is to reduce the country’s reliance on imported auto products and to be

Seequence - An AI-assisted interviewing tool for HR managers

What is Seequence? Our web application aims to make handling emails related to job applications easier by streaming your inbox to our Kanban-style interface that gives you full control on managing replies, scheduling interviews, sending invites, previewing feedback in real time. Artificial Intelligence as a Tool Seequence has built-in AI